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freak the hell out

Hi everybody

I'm currently translating a book from English-American into Italian about a girl who turns into a fly (it is a weird funny book)
When she discovers she can't change back for the moment, she spends a few hours "freaking the hell out"; I think I've got the meaning (going nuts, losing her mind, getting into a sort of hysterical state, acting up...)
Is that correct?
And as a slang equivalent would sbiellare, flippare, andare fuori di testa fit?
Thanks to everybody
cip

Re: freak the hell out

Also, in that sense, 'sbarellare', 'ammattire', 'impazzire'. But if something freaks the hell out of you, doesn't it mean that it terrifies you? So, she spends a few hours freaking the hell out of what? Or can it also be used in the sense that cip says? I would have preferred 'she freaked out' to 'she freaked the hell out'.

Re: freak the hell out

Dear Queenbu
I think it is a mixture of both, because in Italian you can also "impazzire di paura, andare fuori di testa per la paura. Yes, I definitely think she is terrified.
thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!
cip